Art: Craven on Moderns

Thomas Craven, 45, is a red-haired
Kansan capable of tornadoes of indignation on the subject of art.
When he published Men of Art the entire U. S. art world paid
respectful attention to his caustic evaluation of painters from Giotto
to Rivera (TIME, April 27, 1931). Last week it had occasion to heed him
again when he published his long-awaited sequel Modern Art.* Critic
Craven's second book, like his first, is a series of brilliant
biographies ornamenting his chief theme: true art should be
representational and born of a passion to interpret...